Sunday, December 29, 2013

We are celebrating a double birthday here...one on time and one a bit early! Yes, twins!!! However, one....Corinne...born on the 29th....and the other...Irene....born on the 30th!! I LOVE THAT!!! And I don't blame Irene for not wanting to share her birthday with the evil twin.....hahaha. (She is not really evil...she is a sweetheart (they BOTH are) but don't tell her I said that...lol)

These images were drawn by Betty at Simply Betty Stamps...SBS just for this occasion....because Betty is sweet like that, too!! I love these women and all the women in our little...well, growing...group!!

I shall make you wait no longer....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CORINNE....

I do really love you! (wink, wink)

I made this with this background because I know how much you would enjoy the beach and being all hot and swimming in the ocean getting all that salt water in your hair and washing off all your makeup...hahaha

(better than the leaves from last year...right??)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, IRENE!!!!

And here is the SWEET ONE!!! I think this fits her just perfectly...all sweet and innocent! You know how they say twins are opposite....well, there ya have it...hahahaha!!

Monday, December 9, 2013

I love my Stamping Chef images and this one, Bella Boudoir, did not disappoint me! She has images for all of us...the quirky, the serious, the smexy, etc...lol

So, this is my entry to the CMC DT for December 6th, The Holiday Challenge. We can do anything as long as it is holiday. I chose to put Bella on a gift box with trees behind her and a bit of "snow" around her feet. The mini poinsettia is a Memory Box die...that I LOVE!! I colored her with Copic markers and cut the box out of my Cameo.

Sunday, November 24, 2013

For anyone who knows anything about me-I am NOT a scrapbooker. I really only truly like to color but make myself put some projects on pages just because I will color and color and then throw my colored images in a big ole heap never to be seen again. I think this is a waste, but I still do it because my passion is in the coloring, not the cardmaking or whatever. However, this challenge over at CMC was anything goes and we had a stamp company to work with-Digi My World. I kept looking at these images trying to decide what I wanted and this little group called "Christmas Morning" kept speaking to me. I decided to actually make a layout with these images. Don't judge me....I bet it took me over 4 hours to do this layout....(told you I am not a scrapbooker! lol)

Anyway, I think it turned out pretty cute so now I have to go dig out some pics to put on here to make it complete.....I am sure once I find the right pictures, I will add a few things to my page, but we will see.

Without further delay....here is my layout. Hope you enjoy it!

Die cut is from Miss Kate's....love the titles there. It was cut out on my Cameo. Will be back later (after work) to list the Copic markers I used to color my images!

Tuesday, November 19, 2013

My challenge was to make this a Thanksgiving card. It was a bit of a stretch since my image is on a sled on the snow, but I guess some people have snow for Thanksgiving, right? anyway I ended up using autumn colors and made it a Happy Thanksgiving sentiment on the inside.

Hop on over to the Simply Betty's SCC blog and join in on the challenge. AND see what the other DT members have created for you.

Friday, November 15, 2013

This is a line being introduced by SBS and since I am on the design team with others, we get to offer you the first chance to get a glimpse of these little cuties. You can purchase them in the store HERE.

We have a guest designer this month as well as the regular DT members so you will have to go check out her creations as well.

I am not going to make you wait on these so here are my creations;

Apples For You Lilly

In The Patch Ali

Under the Autumn Tree Brittany

Let's Fly A Kite Jude

Catchin' Some Leaves Ariel

We Give Thanks Oscar

Make sure you stop by the other DT members and our guest designer and check out their creations!!

So, yes, this is a blog hop and you should have arrived here after leaving Robin's blog. If that is NOT where you were then you really need to go to the beginning so you don't miss anything and the beginning would be Corinne's blog.....this is a huge blog hop but we love our Betty!!

The image is called "Queen of Halloween" but since this is a surprise she is not yet available in the store at The Stamping Chef so I can't give you a link to her but she should be there by the time you are reading this so hop on over and check her (and the other beauties) out!!

Well, here is my birthday card to Betty....

(the background paper is perfect because our birthday fly right by and are here again before we know it!!)

Thanks for stopping by....and don't forget to continue on the blog hop by going to Sharman's blog

I have seen most of the creations already and you will NOT be diasppointed!!!

Here is the complete list if you got lost somehow and need to find your way again!!!

Sunday, November 10, 2013

Welcome
to our PHun
4 Pulmonary Hypertension Awareness Blog
Hop. We
are sharing awareness on Pulmonary Hypertension, why early diagnosis is so
important for PH patients! I am honored to be a participant in
today's PHun
4 PH Awarness Blog Hop. If
you have arrived from Kerrie's Blog
then you are in the right place. However, if you just arrived why don’t you
start at Tamara's Blog, so you don’t miss any of the amazing creations.

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

OK, enough whining...lol On to the November challenges for the SBS DT. This challenge is to use the colors turquoise, spice, and cream. We could use any other color with them but had to use them....I decided to completely stick pretty close to those colors and make it very autumny....yes, that is a word....at least on My blog it is! haha

If you are here and didn't go to the SCC Blog, You HAVE to go to the blog and see what the other DT members came up with. I promise it will be worth clicking on the link!

My image is Betty and Short Snout. I love these images and if you do as well, you can get it (and others) HERE.

Thursday, October 31, 2013

This is going to be short and sweet. I am very tired but needed to get this posted....ahhhh.....last day of the 13 days. I only got 7 done but they were fun! I hope some of you joined on on the challenges. This challenge was black and white and one other color.....my other color, as you can see, is blue. Don't forget to go to the SBS Blog and check out the rest of the DT creations. They are FANTASTIC!!!!

The images I used are from the Trick or Treat teens lines ...they are called Count Chris and Countess Betty....we had to merge our images, so they appear to be one, but they are actually 2 images. Get them HERE!

Wednesday, October 30, 2013

The 13 days of Halloween is drawing to the end. I hope you all participated in the challenges. There have been great prizes and there is going to be a mega prize chance for the ones that entered into every one of the challenges....so good luck to all of you that did just that!

So, this challenge was to make a shaped card. I chose to use the Little Witch (steampunk) for this challenge and put her on a card in the shape of a cauldron....thought it was fitting. You can get the Little Witch HERE.

And don't' forget to go over to the SBS Blog and see what the other DT members created for you....AND enter into the challenge!!!

I was accepted on to the CMC DT and this is my very first post for them. This DT is led by Suzanne Dean and I have followed her around for some time watching her colorings and reading about her mishaps...that are continuous...lol

I like being on DT's becasue it makes me reach out there and challenge myself for one thing. The other thing is that I REALLY love to color and not really do anything with my colorings. I just color and color and throw them into piles when I get them done so this is going to make me actually use my images ON things!

This challenge was a man card and we had to use Dr. Digi images. I struggle with man cards, as do most of us, I think. It is so much easier to decorate with flowers and ribbons than with...ummmm....yep, that is what I struggle with. I ended up throwing a few staples on it to make it "industrious" haha.

Friday, October 25, 2013

Today is day 8 of the 13 days of Halloween challenge from the Simply Betty Stamps Blog...or SBS as we all fondly call it :) You really need to go and check it out. There are fantastic prizes for the daily challenges and anyone can join in. But, even if you don't want to join in, go check out the creations from the other DT members and the others who have entered into the challenges.

This challenge is anything Zombie!!!!! I actually used to different images. The main one is Zombie Betty....you see her upper body and legs (the legs with heels). The other set of legs is from Zombie Rio. Thought it was a cute twist to add Rio's legs in the mix...lol

Here is my take on the challenge with my Zombie Betty "coming out of the ground"

Monday, October 21, 2013

It is now the 7th day of the 13 days of Halloween for the challenges at SBS. If you have not checked them out.....you REALLY need to go check these out! Not only are there some fantastic creations, but there are prizes, too.

This challenge is to use skulls and/or bones and to sue the colors cream, black, and white. I actually forgot the bones part of it so I had to get back in here and add some to it...lol

I think it turned out pretty cool for a ghost that I thought was a skeleton....hahahahaha.

Introducing: Draco the Ghost Gent

Please make sure you click on the link above and go see what the other members of the DT have created for you!

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

This is day 3 of SBS countdown to Halloween. There are numerous challenges this month and you all can join in, have some fun, and maybe win something in the meantime!! Just to to SBS Blog and watch daily as there are 13 challenges this month (10 to go).

Without any further delay, here is my creation.....a cover for my Copic holder (I use this when I am coloring to hold the current markers being used for my project) with count Chris our on the lookout for some fresh blood.....bwah- ha-ha-ha-ha-ha

(sorry about the little smears, got my darn fingers in the wet liquid pearls and there is NO WAY to clean that up! :( )

Tuesday, September 17, 2013

My dear friend, Gloria, had a birthday on Saturday, September 14. I drove about 4 hours to spend a couple of days with her and had a REALLY nice time. It is so nice to just sit and chat with her and spend some quiet, quality time with her.

I took her flowers for her birthday...

...look at a piece of her awesome craft room in the background!!

(can you spell J-E-A-L-O-U-S??!! lol)

And here is the card I made her...I love this image!

(It is a Wee stamp named Goldie)

I hope you enjoyed my short, quick trip as much as I did Gloria! Love you!!!!!

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

I love Autumn!! I love Spring becasue everything is coming back to life, turning green, blooming, and alive!! But I love Autumn with the crisp night air....makes me long to be outside by a campfire. I love the not hot/not cold weather after the hot summer months. I miss building mazes out of leaves and playing until we were made to go in the house....sigh....

Well, to kick off Autumn I have colored up an SBS image called Jude Pumpkins. Click on the link to go and purchase him...you KNOW you want to!!

Make sure (after you check out my image) to go to the SCC blog to see what the rest of the DT has colored up for you....they are FANTASTIC (as usual!).

Friday, September 6, 2013

Time for the Zombies and Creeps to come out....so come out, come out, where ever you are!!

This line is perfect for this time of year. This is part of a release form SBS. You have to see what the other images look like as well....there are 6 in all and they are FAN-TAS-TIC!!!!!

The DT members and guest designers have been hard at work coloring in these creepy images, so make SURE you go to SBS Blog to get the links for all of the other designs as well as a link to store store to buy these beauties.....err....ugh....creepy images...lol

Without any further delay (lest these zombies rot away)....Here they are!!